Deb Aoki has an interesting chat with Yen senior editor JuYoun Lee about the online incarnation of Yen Plus magazine. Deb also talks to Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the indie comic phenomenon Scott Pilgrim, about the manga that influenced his work.
As I note at Robot 6, OneManga.com has indeed pulled down all its online manga, although the site will live on as a list and discussion site.
David Welsh and Kate Dacey look over this week’s new releases.
Ed Sizemore pens a guest report on the manhwa presence at Otakon for Manga Bookshelf.
How many people does it take to make a con? Only a handful, apparently: Bandai employees who were stuck in the Baltimore airport for four hours made lemons into lemonade and started an impromptu anime con, complete with a new license announcement: Bandai has Gun Zi (Ganjii)’s A Record of the Strange Tales of the Bakumatsu Era: Code Geass (Bakumatsu Ibun-roku Code Geass—Hangyaku no Lelouch).
Michelle Smith wraps up this month’s Manga Moveable Feast with a final post at Soliloquy in Blue, and Connie posts her thoughts on Paradise Kiss at Slightly Biased Manga.
Animate USA has announced another round of BL manga for Kindle, including a bonus story, Pet on Duty.
The Headquarters of the U.S. Armed Forces in Japan has posted the first issue of the manga they jointly created with the creators of Maritan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the alliance between the two countries.
Reviews
Kristin on vol. 1 of Bakuman (Comic Attack)
Tangognat on vol. 1 of Biomega (Tangognat)
Julie Opipari on vol. 11 of Gantz (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Michelle Smith on vols. 9 and 10 of Honey and Clover (Soliloquy in Blue)
Zack Davisson on vol. 1 of I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow (Manga Life)
Julie Opipari on vol. 8 of Moon Boy (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Diana Dang on vols. 1 and 2 of Ooku (Stop, Drop, and Read!)
Sesho on vol. 9 of The Prince of Tennis (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Sesho on vol. 1 of Polyphonica Cardinal Crimson (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 2 of Tamaishin: The Red Spider Exorcist (Kuriousity)
Correction: a handful of Bandai employees, at least one Funimation employee, and Gia Manry. That’s the empirically tested minimum for a con.